Arabian Nights (Reprise #1) | 1988 Demo | Howard Ashman | Aladdin
Here is the demo to the first reprise of "Arabian Nights," a song from Howard Ashman's original treatment to ALADDIN.
In the original treatment, the narrator -- The Genie of the Ring, a character cut from the final film -- would appear from time to time to comment on and explain various points of the story, a theater device Howard and Alan had previously used in LITTLE SHOP. When ALADDIN went back into production, this aspect of the story was cut.
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LYRICS
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IN THE PALACE, RIGHT HERE, LIVED A WICKED WAZIR --
THE ADVISER TO SULTAN HA-MED --
AND THIS PART-TIME MAGICIAN, THIS AMATEUR SEER
WISHED HIS BOSS, THE GOOD SULTAN, DEAD.
HE WAS CHARMING AND SLICK
BUT UNSPEAKABLY SICK,
THIS DESPICABLE PARASITE.
WHAT A VILLAIN, BOO HISS!
FURTHER PROOF, DEARS, THAT THIS
IS ANOTHER ...
ARABIAN NIGHT!
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